Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport

Harry Kane scored four goals for Bayern Munich as they smashed Dinamo Zagreb 9-2. That already takes him halfway to last season's Golden Boot total.

Three other players scored two goals, all for German clubs - Borussia Dortmund's England Under-21 winger Jamie Gittens, Bayern's Michael Olise and Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz.

The goalkeeper with the most memorable impact in the first round of games was Arsenal's David Raya, who performed a stunning double save - including a penalty stop - to deny Atalanta striker Mateo Retegui.

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has given an fitness update on Alisson: "Alisson is a doubt to see if he can train today and if he can’t, then he will probably not play. We will have to wait and see."

Slot added that the Brazil goalkeeper has a slight muscular issue.

Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport

Brendan Rodgers was also in Champions League action this week and his Celtic team will be one of those happiest with their work having scored five goals in a Champions League game for the first time

Sparta Prague, in their first main draw Champions League game for 19 years, beat Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 while French side Brest, who were making their debut in any European competition, beat Sturm Graz 2-1.

Girona, also playing a European game for the first time, were seconds away from a draw at Paris St-Germain before Paulo Gazzaniga's own goal.

Liverpool's game on Tuesday was their first in Europe without Jurgen Klopp as manager since Brendan Rodgers' side beat Besiktas 1-0 in the first leg of a Europa League last-32 tie in February 2015.

They ensured a winning Champions League start for new boss Arne Slot, who is now speaking to the media in the first of today's Premier League news conferences.

We'll bring you the best lines from the Dutchman shortly.

Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport

It was a good opening for the five British teams in the Champions League - with three wins and two draws.

Celtic beat Slovan Bratislava 5-1, Aston Villa saw off Young Boys 3-0 and Liverpool won 3-1 at AC Milan.

Manchester City and Arsenal both played out goalless draws with Italian teams, Serie A champions Inter Milan and Europa League winners Atalanta respectively.

MOTD

Barcelona's Spanish rivals Atletico Madrid got their campaign off to a winning start with their record goalscorer, 33-year-old France forward Antoine Griezmann, scoring the equaliser as they came from behind to beat German side RB Leipzig.

"He's had a fabulous career," said former Celtic striker Chris Sutton on BBC Champions League Match of the Day.

"Out of possession, he still works so hard. You don't play for a Diego Simeone team if you don't. In possession, he's a free spirit. He just drifts around the game and has such great quality. He's such a big player for club and country."

Barcelona were in Champions League action on Thursday but had a player sent off early on and went on to suffer an upset away to Monaco.

Nigerian striker George Ilenikhena scored the winner on his Champions League debut after Eric Garcia had been shown a straight red card with just 10 minutes gone when he fouled Takumi Minamino after a poor pass out from the back by Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Monaco took the lead soon after when Maghnes Akliouche slotted past Ter Stegen before Barca's own teenage star Lamine Yamal equalised with his first Champions League goal when he cut inside before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner.

Substitute Ilenikhena, 18, then raced on to Vanderson's long ball over the top of the Barca defence in the 71st minute and fired past Ter Stegen for his first Monaco goal since signing from Royal Antwerp in the summer.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

The Club World Cup, the expanded post-season tournament that has caused so much angst amongst major leagues due to Fifa's lack of consultation, still has no venues agreed - although there is a broad acceptance it will be played on the east coast of the United States - and no broadcast partners in place.

Without the latter, Fifa cannot guarantee the financial sums that will get the major European clubs - including Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City - to the event given the amounts they will need to replace given they will not be able to take part in lucrative pre-season tours next summer.

A key meeting with broadcast partners takes place later today.

The influential European Clubs' Association, led by Paris St-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, will also be involved.

Clubs are committed to the success of the tournament but there is growing irritation at the time it is taking to finalise key details.

Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport

The Champions League's new 'league phase' got under way this week. Instead of 32 teams spread across eight groups, the format is now one giant league of 36 teams.

It is going to take some getting used to. One big table with 36 teams is something we do not even see in league football, and taking it all in involves some serious scrolling. You can check out the full thing here.

Remember, teams who finish in the top eight will qualify automatically for the last 16, while those who place ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout play-off for the chance to join them.

Whoever finishes 25th or lower will be eliminated. So only one-third of teams actually go out after everyone plays eight games.

According to Opta, 16 points from a possible 24 gives a 98% chance of a top-eight finish.

Ten points is 99% likely to lead to a top-24 finish, so teams who won this week only need two more wins and a draw for a chance of reaching the last 16.

Fifteen teams won their opening games (meaning 15 teams lost) which leaves six clubs in between on one point.

In a nutshell, if you won you've got a great chance of going through. If you lost... you've still got a great chance of going through.

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The Guardian

And finally from today's newspapers, the Guardian features Arsenal players celebrating but also mentions that the Women's Super League returns this weekend.

Here's our pre-season preview featuring predictions from BBC Sport pundits and our women's football news reporter Emma Sanders.

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Leicester City

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Leicester manager Steve Cooper says the club have met with the Premier League to discuss "an awful human error" which gave Crystal Palace a goal in last weekend's 2-2 draw.

Cooper's side took a 2-0 lead early in the second half at Selhurst Park courtesy of Stephy Mavididi but Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice to give the Eagles a point.

Mateta's first goal was originally ruled out for offside, with the video assistant referee (VAR) overturning the decision despite replays appearing to show the French striker in an offside position.

Cooper says the club have shown evidence to the Premier League but have not received an apology.

"We're over it now, but it was an awful human error," said Cooper. "We have seen images that show he clearly was offside, but they froze it at the wrong time - everything seen has been a false image."

However, refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) rejects Cooper's argument and insists there was no human error, nor was a mistake made - points made at a meeting with Leicester on Monday.

The body says all normal processes were followed in this case and were applied as they would be in any other Premier League game.

The Daily Telegraph

Today's Telegraph shows David Raya's save from the rebound after stopping Mateo Retegui's penalty for Atalanta, and mentions Leicester boss Steve Cooper comments on VAR.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

David Raya has faced 57 penalties in his career, including shootouts, and only saved seven of them. But four of those saves were in the past eight kicks he has faced. He had conceded 19 in a row before that.

In last season's Champions League last-16 win over Porto, he saved two spot-kicks in the shootout.

"The first save is outstanding, low to his right," said former Everton midfielder Leon Osman on BBC Radio 5 Live commentary.

"Once it has been saved the ball bounces to his left and David Raya gets up scrambling across. Retegui thinks he has a tap-in.

"That moment will be what this game is remembered for, the double save from David Raya."

The Daily Star

Today's Star also mentions that Manchester City must do without their star midfielder Kevin de Bruyne as they face Arsenal, who are expected to again challenge City for the Premier League title after narrowly missing out last season.

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Daily Mirror

Manchester City host Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday and the Mirror reports, external that City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will be out because of what appears to be a minor groin injury he sustained during Wednesday's game with Inter Milan.

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Like Arsenal, Manchester City began their European campaign with a goalless draw against Italian opposition on Wednesday.

Celtic started in style, beating Slovan Bratislava 5-1, while English winger Jamie Gittens scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat Club Brugge.

You can watch all of Wednesday's highlights below.

The new league phase of the Champions League was spread over three days this week and got under way on Tuesday, with Liverpool and Aston Villa both winning.

Catch-up on Tuesday's action below.

The Daily Mail

Today's Mail also leads on David Raya, who helped Arsenal secure a draw in the Champions League as the opening round of the new league phase came to a close.

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Arsenal

David Raya gave Arsenal's goalkeeping coach credit for helping him make his penalty save against Atalanta and added: "They didn't create many chances. It's a point away from home in our first Champions League game [of the season]. I think we could have played a little bit more and a little bit better, but I thought we managed the game well. We weren't at our best today but if we cannot win the game, let's not lose it."

The I

The i leads on David Raya being 'Arsenal's saviour' in Italy.

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